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clove

19 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) clove (noun)
  2. 2) clove
  3. 3) clove (noun)
  4. cleave (verb)
  5. cleave (verb)
  6. clove brown (noun)
  7. clove carnation (noun)
  8. clove cassia (noun)
  9. clove cinnamon (noun)
  10. clove currant (noun)
  11. clove gillyflower (noun)
  12. clove hitch (noun)
  13. clove hook (noun)
  14. clove nutmeg (noun)
  15. clove pepper (noun)
  16. clove pink (noun)
  17. clove-strip (noun)
  18. clove tree (noun)
  19. wild cinnamon (noun)

1clove

noun \ˈklōv\

Definition of CLOVE

: one of the small bulbs (as in garlic) developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb

Origin of CLOVE

Middle English, from Old English clufu; akin to Old English clēofan to cleave
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Botany Terms

annual, burgeon, chloroplast, nomenclature, succulent, sylvan, xylem

Rhymes with CLOVE

cove, drove, fauve, grove, Jove, mauve, rove, stove, trove

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